I didn’t say they could fly long distances, usually less than 1/4 mile, but they naturally roost in the top of trees and can hit 60 mph in flight.

Look at the 40 second mark of this video.

Alice might be a flightless bird

D) Most Americans have lawn mowers bigger than a Pao. 

Any real American would have a lawn mower bigger than your Pao.

Your right. I looked it up and I guess what I was thinking about was the rebuild kit. 

I am more concerned about what happens to these when the trailer brakes lock up and the tire is dragged for a few miles. That generates an incredible amount of heat.

Am I missing something? I have had these replaced at Discount Tire for $25, or free if I bought new tires. That has been on Mercedes and Chevy vehicles. My wife’s Merc needs new tires every 20,000 miles. So we have gone through a few sets without issue. 

I have not once claimed to be an accountant. Maybe that is the problem. I think, at some point you have to have a plan to pay your debt. While not counting the debt towards the price of the service you provide keeps the cost of the product low, if you can’t pay the debt faster than the debt is growing, it is only a…

In 2008 I had a friend volunteering for the Clinton campaign. On the day of the primary, he was asked to drive a bus to pick up voters and take them to the polls. However, Clinton’s campaign officials told him to avoid neighborhoods that were primarily African American. Basically, if he saw a group of African…

You sound like one of the accountants working for Lehman Brothers who did everything ‘correctly’ right up till it all fell apart.

For the CNR cars, the manufacturer had not built cars in the US previously. I thought they basically had build the factory from ground up, hire employees and build the cars for Boston as first off of the line cars?

You sound like you work for Boston where they buy new subway cars before they finish paying off the ones they bought 30 years ago.

It is no secret that foreign automakers set up factories in the south to avoid unions and lower costs. Add to that legacy costs and the old inefficient factories the big 3 have but can’t move, even cars built in the US have a big difference in manufacturing costs.

To be clear, you are saying they can’t count legacy costs towards the cost of a new car? That is how you pay for legacy costs. If you owe money, even from decades ago, you still have to factor that into the cost of the new product. 

You say it is a lot to fix, but most of these issues would not have made the list in your other vehicles. Look at the postal Jeep. It didn’t need no fancy front drive shaft or trim or paint to get the job done.

Sorry for the confusion. I just gave you the numbers for current pay/benefits, because that seemed to be enough to counter your argument there was no difference or less costs for domestic. To get to $2,000 you have to include ‘legacy costs’ i.e. pensions. Those came out to about $1,600/vehicle back in 2006. I can’t…

DON’T do this with a truck/SUV/van at home depot. If you pull through, someone will come and park 6 inches from your back bumper, making it impossible to open the tailgate/back door to load stuff. It happens every time. 

It mainly comes down to better benefits and having 50 years worth of retirees to pay pensions to.